EP2202744A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour retourner automatiquement un disque - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour retourner automatiquement un disque Download PDF

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EP2202744A1
EP2202744A1 EP09180032A EP09180032A EP2202744A1 EP 2202744 A1 EP2202744 A1 EP 2202744A1 EP 09180032 A EP09180032 A EP 09180032A EP 09180032 A EP09180032 A EP 09180032A EP 2202744 A1 EP2202744 A1 EP 2202744A1
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Ming-Hsun Liu
Chih-Sheng Liu
Ching-Hao Chen
Chia-Wei Hsu
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    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B17/00—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor
    • G11B17/08—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from consecutive-access magazine of disc records
    • G11B17/10—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from consecutive-access magazine of disc records with horizontal transfer to the turntable from a stack arranged with a vertical axis

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  • the present invention relates to a device and a method for automatically turning over a disc, which is applied in a data-burning/printing process for automatically turning over a disc to burn or to print data on both sides of the disc.
  • the disc turn-over technology is applied in two kinds of disc-recording processes: one is the production of the double-sided discs, namely both sides of the disc can be stored with data, and the other is the production of the light-printing (Light Scribe/Label Flash) discs, namely one side of the disc is stored with data, and the other side of the disc is provided for laser etched labels with text or graphics.
  • one is the production of the double-sided discs, namely both sides of the disc can be stored with data
  • the other is the production of the light-printing (Light Scribe/Label Flash) discs, namely one side of the disc is stored with data
  • the other side of the disc is provided for laser etched labels with text or graphics.
  • a common automatic duplication system is only applicable in a single-sided burning/copying process and its robotic arm can move up and down along an axis.
  • the robotic arm can horizontally rotate. The robotic arm performs the following operations during the duplication process:
  • steps 1-6 will be repeated over and over again, so that the automatic duplication of the single sided burning/printing can be performed continually.
  • the system includes a pivotal transport tower 58 provided with a disk suction pickup unit 54, the disk suction pickup unit 54 can be ascended and descended to move the disc between the respective stacked disk drive receptacle members 82 and the respective disk-collecting pillars 50, 52a, 52b to perform the burning of the blank disk and then collecting the finished disk.
  • a structure can perform the disc-changing operation, it cannot perform the disc-turning operation, namely the discs are also manually or with an extra device turned over with a specific period.
  • the conventional devices for automatic duplication system almost utilize the robotic arms to take the semi-finished disc products out of the tray of burning/printing device and then utilize an extra disc turn-over device to turn over the discs, and finally utilize the robotic arms again to load the discs back to the tray of the burning/printing device for next duplication process. Therefore, the conventional devices for automatic duplication system suffer from the following disadvantages: The operation of taking out, turning over and taking back the semi-finished discs takes lots of time, and the extra disc turn-over device occupies lots of space and costs lots of money, it is not applicable to the burning/printing device whose disc groove isn't exposed outside completely, and the disc turn-over and disc-changing operations cannot be performed synchronously by the same equipment.
  • the present invention provides a device and a method for automatically turning over a disc.
  • the device for automatically turning over a disc comprises a guide rod, a movable member, a pivot member and a rotating member.
  • the guide rod is provided for placement of the movable member in such a manner that the movable member moves along and rotates around the guide rod.
  • the movable member is movably disposed on the guide rod.
  • the pivot member is disposed between the movable member and the rotating member and powered to rotate.
  • the rotating member is connected to the movable member via the pivot member and driven to rotate around the pivot member, and the rotating member is provided with a disc-carrying device in a direction of its rotation around the pivot member for taking a disc.
  • the movable member when a disc is placed into the tray of an optical burning/printing device for executing a burning/printing operation, the movable member will be moved to a position higher than the extending position of the tray. After one side of the disc is burned, the tray will deliver the disc out of the optical burning/printing device. Subsequently, the movable member together with the rotating member will be descended to reach the disc, and then the rotating member will be ascended after the disc-carrying device takes the disc. After that, the pivot member is used to drive the rotating member with the disc to rotate, so as to turn over the disc at an inclined angle in such a manner that before the disc-carrying device releases the disc, the disc will slide down into the tray. While the movable member rotates to drive the rotating member move away from the upper position of the tray, the disc is turned over and completely falls off into the disc groove.
  • the present invention provides the following functions:
  • a device for automatically turning over a disc in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a guide rod 10, a movable member 20, a pivot member 30 and a rotating member 40.
  • the guide rod 10 of the embodiment is in the form of a screw shaft and provided for placement of the movable member 20 in such a manner that the movable member 20 can move axially along and rotate radially around the guide rod 10, as shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the movable member 20 is disposed on the guide rod 10 and can be driven to move along it.
  • the movable member 20 of the embodiment is provided with a threaded hole to be engaged with the guide rod 10 in the form of the screw shaft.
  • the movable member 20 moves along the guide rod 10 while its radial rotation around the guide rod 10 is restricted.
  • the pivot member 30 is disposed on the movable member 20 and powered to rotate, as shown in Fig. 3 .
  • the rotating member 40 is connected to the movable member 20 via the pivot member 30, and can rotate around the pivot member 30.
  • the rotating member 40 is provided with a disc-carrying device 41 in a direction of its rotation around the pivot member 30 for taking a disc A.
  • Figs. 4-5 show how the device for automatically turning over a disc in accordance with the present invention automatically loads a disc.
  • the device for automatically turning over a disc is located in front of the tray B1 of an optical burning/printing device B and the tray B 1 hasn't been extended out of the optical burning/printing device B, at this moment, the movable member 20 descends to make the rotating member 40 move close to a disc A and takes it with the disc-carrying device 41, and then the movable member 20 will drive the rotating member 40 and the disc A to ascend until it reaches a position higher than the position where the tray B1 extends out of the optical burning/printing device B. Further referring to Fig.
  • the tray B1 will extend out of the optical burning/printing device B
  • the movable member 20 will descend again with the rotating member 40 until the disc A is located in the disc groove B2 of the tray B1
  • the movable member 20 will be ascended again after the disc-carrying device 41 releases the disc A, so that the tray B1 can deliver the disc A into the optical burning/printing device B for executing the burning/printing operation.
  • the above method is applicable when the disc groove B2 is exposed out of the optical burning/printing device B completely.
  • Figs 6-8 show how the device for automatically turning over a disc in accordance with the present invention automatically loads disc in a disc groove B2 which is not completely exposed out of the optical burning/printing device B.
  • the device for automatically turning over a disc in accordance with the present invention is located in front of the tray B 1 of the optical burning/printing device B, and the disc groove B2 hasn't been completely extended out of the optical burning/printing device B.
  • the movable member 20 will descend to use the disc-carrying device 41 of the rotating member 40 to take a disc A, and then the movable member 20 will be ascended with the rotating member 40 until the disc A reaches a position higher than the tray B1.
  • the rotating member 40 will rotate the disc A at a predetermined angle in such a manner that one border of the disc A, which is located closer to the optical burning/printing device B is lower than the other border of the disc A which is located farther from the optical burning/printing device B, as shown in Fig. 6 .
  • the rotating member 40 with the help of the pivot member 30 will rotate to make the disc A gradually lie flat in such a manner that the lower border of the disc A slantways extends into the disc groove B2.
  • the disc-carrying device 41 will release the disc A, so as to allow the tray B1 to deliver the disc A into the optical burning/printing device B for executing the burning/printing operation.
  • Figs. 9-11 show how the device for automatically turning over a disc in accordance with the present invention turns over a disc.
  • the tray B 1 will deliver the disc A out of the optical burning/printing device B
  • the movable member 20 of the device for automatically turning over a disc is located at a position higher than the position where the tray B 1 extends out of the optical burning/printing device B, next, the movable member 20 and the rotating member 40 will be descended synchronously.
  • the rotating member 40 After the disc-carrying device 41 of the rotating member 40 takes the disc A, the rotating member 40 will be ascended, meanwhile, with the help of the pivot member 30 the rotating member 40 drives the disc A to rotate at an predetermined angle, as shown in Fig. 9 , so that the disc A will be turned over. After the disc is turned over, one border of the disc A, which is located closer to the optical burning/printing device B, is lower than the other border of the disc A, which is farther from the optical burning/printing device B. Subsequently, the disc-carrying device 41 will release the disc A, so that the disc A will slide down into the tray B1 in an inclined manner, as shown in Fig. 10 . Following that, further referring to Fig.
  • the movable member 20 will be radially rotated around the guide rod 10 to make the rotating member 40 move away from the upper position of the tray B1, so that the disc A can fall off into the disc groove B2 completely.
  • the device for automatically turning over a disc in accordance with the present invention is applicable when the disc groove B2 is completely exposed out of the optical burning/printing device B or a small part of the disc groove B2 is still located in the optical burning/printing device B.
  • the rotating member 40 is further provided with an extendable push rod 42 in the same direction where the disc-carrying device 41 is disposed.
  • the push rod 42 can extend to increase the inclined angle of the disc A to reduce the friction for facilitating the slide-down of the disc A.
  • the disc-carrying device 41 will release the disc A and then extend the push rod 42 to push against the disc A at an increased inclined angle, so that the disc A can easily slide down into the tray B1 along the inclined angle.
  • the movable member 20 will be radially rotated around the guide rod 10 to make the rotating member 40 move away from the upper position of the tray B1, so that the disc A will fall off into the disc groove B2 completely, thus finishing the operation of turning over a disc.
  • the tray B1 will deliver the disc A out of the optical burning/printing device B to make the disc A being located below the rotating member 40. Subsequently, the movable member 20 and the rotating member 40 will be descended synchronously, so that the rotating member 40 will move close to the disc A and utilize the disc-carrying device 41 to take the disc A, as shown in Fig. 13 . After that, the movable member 20 will drive the rotating member 40 with the disc A to ascend, and the tray B1 will retract into the optical burning/printing device B, so that the movable member 20 can descend to unload the disc A.
  • the guide rod 10 can also be in the form of a slide rail to provide the same function, and the slide rail is wholly disposed on a drive device for controlling rotation as shown in Fig. 14 and 15 .
  • the rotating member 40 with the movable member 20 move along the guide rod 10 while the guide rod 10 is fixed, or the rotating member 40 and the movable member 20 rotates radially together with the guide rod 10.
  • the method for automatically turning over a disc in accordance with the present invention is realized through cooperation of a guide rod 10, a movable member 20, a pivot member 30 and a rotating member 40 and comprises the steps of:
  • the present invention has the following advantages:

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